Which best identifies a cause of the children's decision to leave the cat behind?

They don't really care about the cat.

The children's parents are cruel.

The cat becomes stuck in a barrel and cannot be found.

The children don't look hard enough for the cat.

Read these sentences from thr excerpt. what the most dreaded, that i most desired. what he most loved, i most hated. that which to him was a great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. which statement best explains why the author uses parallel structure to advance his purpose?